Death hath not ftruck fo fat a Deer to-day,
Though many a dearer in this bloody fray:
Imbowell'd will I fee thee by and by,
'Till then, in blood by noble Percy' lye.

SCENE X. Falstaff rifes.

[Exit

Fal. Imbowell'd! if thou imbowel me to-day, I'll give you leave to powder me, and eat me to-morrow. 'Sblood, twas time to counterfeit, or that hat termagant Scot had paid me fcot and lot too. Counterfeit? I lie, I am no Counterfeit; to die, is to be a counterfeit, for he is but the counterfeit of a man, who hath not the life of a man: but to counterfeit dying, when a man thereby liveth, is to be no counterfeit, but the true and perfect image of life indeed. The better part of valour is difcretion; in the which better part, I have faved my life. I am afraid of this gun-powder Percy, though he be dead. How if he

fhould counterfeit too, and rife I am afraid he would prove the better counterfeit; therefore I'll make him fure; yea, and I'll fwear I kill'd him. Why may not he rife as well as I? nothing confutes me but eyes, and no body fees me. Therefore, firrah, with a new wound in your thigh come you along with me.

[Takes Hot-fpur on his back.

SCENE XI.

Enter Prince Henry and Lord John of Lancaster.

P. Henry. Come, brother Jobs, full bravely hast thou

Thy maiden fword.

Lan. But foft, whom have we here?

Did you not tell me this fat man was dead?
P. Henry. I did, I faw him dead,

And breathless on the ground: art thou alive,
Or is it Fancy plays upon our eye-fight?

I pr'ythee speak; we will not truft our eyes

Without our ears: thou art not what thou feem'ft.

Fal. No, that's certain; I am not a double man; but if I am not Jack Falstaff, then I am a Jack: there is Percy; if your father will do me any honour, fo; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. I look either to be Earl or Duke, I can affure you.

P. Henry,

P. Henry. Why, Percy I kill'd my felf, and faw thee

dead.

Fal. Did'ft thou? Lord, Lord, how the world is given to lying! I grant you I was down, and out of breath, and fo was he; but we rofe both at an inftant, and fought a long hour by Shrewsbury clock: if I may be believed, fo! if not, let them that should reward valour bear the fin upon their own heads. I'll take't on my death I gave him this wound in the thigh: if the man were alive, and would deny it, I would make him eat a piece of my sword.

Lan. This is the ftrangeft tale that e'er I heard.
P. Henry. This is the ftrangeft fellow, brother John,
Come, bring your luggage nobly on your back:
For my part, if a lie may do thee grace,
I'll gild it with the happiest terms I have.

[A Retreat is founded.
The trumpets found retreat, the day is ours:
Come, brother, let's to th' highest of the field,
To fee what friends are living, who are dead.

[Exeunt. Fal. I'll follow, as they fay, for reward. He that rewards me, heav'n reward him! If I do grow great, I'l grow lefs; for I'll purge, and leave fack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do.

SCENE XII.

[Exit.

The Trumpets found: Enter King Henry, Prince of Wales,
Lord John of Lancafter, Earl of Westmorland, swith
Worcester and Vernon Prifoners.

K. Henry. Thus ever did rebellion find rebuke.
Ill-fpirited Wor'fter, did we not fend grace,
Pardon, and terms of love to all of you?
And would't thou turn our offers contrary?
Mifufe the tenor of thy kinfman's truft?
Three knights upon our party flain to-day,
A noble Earl, and many a creature elfe,
Had been alive this hour,

If like a chriftian thou had'ft truly born
Betwixt our armies true intelligence.

Wor. What I have done, my fafety urg'd me to ;
And I embrace this fortune patiently,

Since not to be avoided it falls on me.

K, Fenry,

K. Henry, Bear Worcester to his death, and Vernon too. Other offenders we will paufe upon. [Exe.Wor. and Vernon. How goes the field?

P. Henry. The gallant Scot, Lord Douglas, when he faw The fortune of the day quite turn'd from him, The noble Percy flain, and all his men Upon the foot of fear, fled with the reft; And falling from a hill, he was fo bruis'd That the purfuers took him. At my tent The Douglas is, and I beseech your Grace I may difpofe of him.

K. Henry. With all my heart.

P. Henry. Then, brother John of Lancaster, to you This honourable bounty fhall belong : Go to the Douglas, and deliver him Up to his pleasure, ranfomless and free: His valour, fhewn upon our crefts to-day, Hath taught us how to cherish such high deeds, Ev'n in the bofom of our adverfaries.

Lan. I thank your Grace for this high courtesie, Which I fhall give away immediately.

K. Henry. Then this remains; that we divide our power.
You fon John, and my coufin Weftmorland,
Tow'rds York fhall bend you, with your dearest speed,
To meet Northumberland and Prelate Scroop,
Who, as we hear, are bufily in arms.

My felf and my fon Harry will tow'rds Wales,
To fight with Glendower and the Earl of Marche.
Rebellion in this land fhall lose his sway,
Meeting the check of fuch another day;
And fince this bufinefs fo far fair is done,
Let us not leave, 'till all our own be won.

[Exeunt,

KING HENRY the Fourth.

Prince HENRY, afterwards crowned King Henry the Fifth.

Prince JoHN of Lancaster,

HUMPHREY of Gloucester,
THOMAS of Clarence,
NORTHUMBERLAND,
The Archbishop of YORK,

MOWBRAY,

HASTINGS,

Lord BARDOLPH,

TRAVERS,

MORTON,

Sons to Henry the Fourth, and Brethren to Henry the Fifth.

Oppofites against King Henry the Fourth..

COLEVILE,

WARWICK,

WESTMORLAND,

SURREY,

GOWER,

HARCOURT,

Lord Chief Justice,

Of the King's Party.

FALSTAFF,

POINS,

PAGE,

SHALLOW and SILENCE, Country Juftices.

DAVY, Servant to Shallow.

PHANG and SNARE, two Serjeants.

MOULDY

SHADOW,

WART, Country Soldiers.

FEEBLE,

BULCALF,